The challenge of a High Performance director: ‘I came into this job with my eyes open wide’

Boxing Ireland Performance Director & Team Leader Tricia Heberle speaking during the Team Ireland Open Training Day

At the final briefing for the Irish boxing team before they departed for their Olympics preparation camp, Ireland’s chef de mission Gavin Noble played a video that captured the remarkable feat they already achieved and the passion that drove them to it.

A record-equalling 10 boxers have qualified for the Paris Games. It is the third largest team of any country and matches the total from the 1960 edition in Rome. Noble elected to play clips from the final bout that qualified each boxer for Paris.